'Green Kerala Express’, a reality show by the
Kerala Suchitva Mission received National Water Award. Union Minister for
Urban Development, Kamal Nath conferred the award at a function held at
Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. R K Singh, Secretary, Local Self Government
Department, and Dr George Chackacherry, Executive Director, Suchitwa Mission
received the awards.
Green Kerala Express had been selected for the award, instituted by the
Ministry of Urban Development Government of India; under the category of
Communication Strategy and Awareness Creation.
Green Kerala Express – a special one among Indian Television reality
shows was aimed to find the best panchayath in the State of Kerala. Under
the initiative of the Ministry of Local Self Government and Suchitwa
Mission, the show was visualized by Centre for Development of Imaging
Technology (C-DIT) and was telecast by Doordarshan Kendra,
Thiruvananthapuram. The show which prolonged over 103 episodes was telecast
during 2010. The best performed panchayat got a cash prize of Rs. one crore.
A total of Rs. 3 crore was shared as prize money among four winning
panchayats and municipalities. About 40 experts in various sectors were
designated as the jury.
Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Urban Development, distributes the
National Urban Water Award at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, to R K Singh, Local
Self Government Secretary, and Dr George Chackacherry, Suchitwa Mission
Executive Director. Kumari Shelja, Union Minister for Housing and Urban
Poverty Alleviation, and Monteksing Aluwalia, Vice Chairman, Planning
Commission, are also seen.
Photo Courtesy: Kerala Suchitva Mission.
